He wasn’t on the team, but certainly was around and amid the team. He wasn’t technically one of the guys, but he was in a virtual manner. And yet he’s logged more hours in St. Vincent Center since last August than any Pacers player.
Unfortunately.
But also gratefully.
C J. Wilcox has had no choice but to entrench himself in the Pacers’ practice facility because rehabbing a ruptured Achilles tendon takes time and dedication. He did have one other option, actually, but that would have been to retired from basketball and give up on his goal of establishing himself as an NBA player.